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.....As Theo [Theodoor van Gogh, Dutch film director] cycled down the Linnaeusstraat, Muhammad Bouyeri approached. He pulled out his gun and shot Theo several times. Theo fell off his bike and lurched across the road, then collapsed. Bouyeri followed. Theo begged, "Can’t we talk about this?" but Bouyeri shot him four more times. Then he took out one of his butcher knives and sawed into Theo's throat. With the other knife, he stabbed a five-page letter onto Theo's chest. The letter was addressed to me.
..........— From Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

I just finished reading Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Because this is not the politics and religion forum, there is only so much detail I can go into here, except to say that this is perhaps the must important book I've read in years. It details the author's rise from a small Somalian village to her election to the Parliament in Holland and beyond. It focuses on her trials, tribulations, and struggles to liberate minds and bodies from oppression, especially religious oppression. The passages detailing female circumcision (excision) in the land of her birth are particularly chilling.

.....People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
..........— From Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Read it. That's all I can say.